Thread: Chatroom Closed for Duration

Grondmaster has made 25465 posts and is a Dwarf from Glittering Caves and has sailed into the West.
Posted Saturday 30th September 2006 (10:39pm)

Notice: The Planet-Tolkien Council can no longer provide a safe haven in our chatroom for our membership to converse; therefore the chatroom link has been removed for the duration. Our irc server(s) are playing politics; we've lost our channel ops and their bot; and most importantly we have no responsible adults who can spare the time 24/7 to properly monitor the chatroom up to the standard we require for the safety of the participants.

When we say for the duration, we mean it may be temporary, but we don't know if it is a matter of days, weeks, or months; and maybe not even until someone decides to film The Hobbit.

Gandalf-olorin has made 481 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Sunday 1st October 2006 (08:49pm)

Grondy, would Grep be considering some other venue by which we might eventually get a different/better chatroom? I admit I haven't been to chat lately. But when I used to, I did enjoy being able to talk with other members of PT. So perhaps it might be something to look at.

Rednell has made 1808 posts and is a Dunedain from Osgiliath and is not online.
Posted Monday 2nd October 2006 (12:58pm)

Gandalf,
We are looking at all our options. Since it is not possible to moderate the chatroom 24/7 a bot would be necessary. We need a programmer for that. We do realize the value in having the chatroom, however, we have to be sure that we can provide a comfortable environment for our members. Of course applying the word 'safe' to an Internet chatroom is a relative term, as many have discovered, safety can never be guaranteed.

During the 4 years of the PJ era the chatroom was a happening place and I have many very happy memories. I would love to see it return to its full glory someday, but it takes manpower, committment and a lot of interest from members.

42 has made 503 posts and is a Dunedain from Osgiliath and is not online.
Posted Thursday 28th February 2008 (10:44am)

Quote:When we say for the duration, we mean it may be temporary, but we don't know if it is a matter of days, weeks, or months; and maybe not even until someone decides to film The Hobbit.

So this would be looking closer then? (Assuming PJ and newline don't actually go to war over LotR) Even if we can't get it up 24/7 we used to have that other room that was only open at certain times - would the council be able to volunteer time each week to have it open? The you could post when it would be open on here, and those of us that wanted to could attend.... Even a trial of this?

The chatroom was a great place, I'd love to see it back even in a limited way. I find the forum a lot harder to use these days, it's bigger and the amount of threads is crazy, you can't see the names of the people who are online so you know who you are talking to... The immediacy of it is definitely missing.

Gandalf-olorin has made 481 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Thursday 28th February 2008 (10:55pm)

I also believe the chatroom should be resurrected...somehow. Perhaps now that Grep has a more efficient and more economical server this could be done more easily than before? I surely hope so. Otherwise, I don't see how I will ever make the acquaintance of 42 and other interesting characters who were on PT in the very beginning and then gone before my arrival a couple of years ago. Not to mention that I haven't been able to talk to any of the nice people I met in the chat before it was closed. Will some of the Council weigh in on this? Could you accost Grep as a body and entreat him to create something for us? I'm sure it would be very appreciated by everyone on PT.

Arath has made 660 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Tuesday 12th August 2008 (11:37pm)

you could just have the chatroom ne open for a few hours a day so that it could be monitored. schedules of the chatroom tmes in the forum boards would be good and people who wished to chat could have the opportunity... but in this plan there's still the matter of who would take on such a job... monitoring the chatrooms must be hard work

Rho has made 441 posts and is a Hobbit from Hobbiton and is not online.
Posted Wednesday 20th May 2009 (01:21am)

My Wife is home a lot and she just said she may be interested in monitoring it, possibly not 24/7 but at least most days, not sure if that would be a help. I used to love the chat room, we had great fun.

Taz has made billions upon billions of posts and is an Uruk-Hai from Isengard and is not online.
Posted Wednesday 5th January 2011 (11:08am)

If you enter the Chatroom and there isn't anyone in there, please don't be disheartened, it's often the wayt his time of year. When The Hobbit movie starts getting more coverage we'll see an increase in visitors as we did with The Lord of the Rings. I also suggest someone takes the responsibility of creating some meeting times that compliment each others' timezones. We used to have lots of fun with the old Chatroom what with quiz nights, Elvish language courses and more! Let's all be a bit imaginative and get things moving.

42 has made 503 posts and is a Dunedain from Osgiliath and is not online.
Posted Monday 17th January 2011 (10:46am)

So I forgot why I'd set my alarm and went and mowed the lawns instead By the time I remembered you had all gone. Very sad. (My fault though!) as I've been in here for about 2 hours by myself tonight, is anyone keen to make another catch up time?

42 has made 503 posts and is a Dunedain from Osgiliath and is not online.
Posted Tuesday 18th January 2011 (07:47am)

Sounds good, though my stupid wireless router is being stupid. I'm trying to look at papers online to see if I want to study anything this year, it's the last day to enroll and I haven't even worked out if I want to study or what to and I keep going offline arrgh! Plus I'm too indecisive But yes, I will write it down, stick it on the door or something. I want to talk to you guys, I do know that!

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